Génesis: en la mente del asesino
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| Running time | 50 min (approx.) |
| Production company | Ida y Vuelta |
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| Network | Cuatro |
| Release | 3 May 2006 – 22 April 2007 |
Génesis: en la mente del asesino or simply Génesis is a Spanish police procedural television series produced by Ida y vuelta. Its two seasons aired on Cuatro from 2006 to 2007.
Premise
[edit]The plot concerns the work of a police unit created specifically to deal with particularly sadistic and unfathomable crimes.[1] To that end, the unit tries to get to the criminal's mind by using psychology and criminal anthropology methods.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Verónica Sánchez as Lola Casado.[3][4]
- Pep Munné as Mateo.[5]
- Quim Gutiérrez as Daniel "Dani".[6][5]
- Álvaro Báguena as Gustavo.[5]
- Sonia Almarcha as Laura.[5]
- María Almudéver as Fátima.[5]
- Introduced in season 2
- Fanny Gautier as Alex.[7][6]
- Juana Acosta as Sofías.[7]
- Enrique Arce as Julián.[7]
- Roger Coma as Seca.[7]
Production and release
[edit]Génesis: en la mente del asesino was produced by Ida y vuelta.[3] The episodes were directed by Ignacio Mercero, Juan González and Javier Quintas,[3] whereas the writing team was formed by Darío Madrona, Diego Sotelo, Andoni de Carlos, José Antonio Valverde, Aitor Gabilondo, Carlos Vila, Javier Holgado and José Luis Latasa.[5] Gregorio Quintana and Jorge Redondo were credited as executive producers.[5] The series premiered on Cuatro 3 May 2006 and it earned "good" viewership ratings in the first episode (1,127,000 viewers and 6.1% share), above the channel's average.[8] The episodes featured a running time of 50 minutes (rather than the 70 minutes traditional for prime time Spanish television titles).[9] Despite the waning interest, the series was renovated for a second season.[7] Fanny Gautier, Juana Acosta, Enrique Arce and Roger Coma were added to the cast to compensate for the leaving of Verónica Sánchez.[7]
The broadcasting run ended after 2 seasons and 22 episodes on 22 April 2007.[10]
Season 1
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Los desastres de la guerra" | 3 May 2006 |
| 2 | 2 | "Las lágrimas de Raimmis" | 10 May 2006 |
| 3 | 3 | "La estrella de Satán" | 17 May 2006 |
| 4 | 4 | "Ojos sin vida" | 24 May 2006 |
| 5 | 5 | "Pacto de sangre" | 31 May 2006 |
| 6 | 6 | "En la oscuridad" | 7 June 2006 |
| 7 | 7 | "Suicidas" | 14 June 2006 |
| 8 | 8 | "La virtud del asesino (1)" | 21 June 2006 |
| 9 | 9 | "La virtud del asesino (2)" | 28 June 2006 |
Season 2
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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| 10 | 1 | "El árbol de la vida" | 28 January 2007 |
| 11 | 2 | "Secuestro" | 4 February 2007 |
| 12 | 3 | "El candidato" | 11 February 2007 |
| 13 | 4 | "Causa desconocida" | 18 February 2007 |
| 14 | 5 | "Obsesión" | 25 February 2007 |
| 15 | 6 | "Caza mayor" | 4 March 2007 |
| 16 | 7 | "En la carretera" | 11 March 2007 |
| 17 | 8 | "Voces" | 18 March 2007 |
| 18 | 9 | "Alta seguridad" | 25 March 2007 |
| 19 | 10 | "Sin aliento" | 1 April 2007 |
| 20 | 11 | "Handicap" | 8 April 2007 |
| 21 | 12 | "Fotos familiares" | 15 April 2007 |
| 22 | 13 | "Solteros" | 22 April 2007 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Estreno de 'En la mente del asesino'". El Norte de Castilla. 3 May 2006.
- ^ "Una brigada especial a la caza de psicópatas, tarados pero listos". La Voz de Galicia. 2 May 2006.
- ^ a b c Rodríguez, Mercedes (27 April 2006). "La serie española 'Génesis' se adentrará en la mente de los criminales más perversos". La Voz de Cádiz.
- ^ "Verónica Sánchez protagoniza una serie policial en Cuatro". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 20 February 2006.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Así es "Génesis", la nueva apuesta de Cuatro para la noche del miércoles". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 27 April 2006.
- ^ a b "La serie 'Génesis' regresa a Cuatro con nuevo horario". FormulaTV. 24 January 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f "Fanny Gautier, Juana Acosta, Enrique Arce y Roger Coma, fichajes para la nueva temporada de 'Génesis'". FormulaTV. 1 September 2006.
- ^ ""La ruleta de la suerte" supera el 20% de share". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 4 May 2006.
- ^ "Atresmedia apuesta por acortar la ficción televisiva: los episodios de todas sus nuevas series durarán 50 minutos". Espinof. 5 July 2018.
- ^ Pastor, Mary (4 November 2015). "Cuatro cumple 10 años: recordamos sus primeras 17 ficciones nacionales". FormulaTV.
- ^ a b "Génesis: En la mente del asesino". TV Time. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- 2006 Spanish television series debuts
- 2007 Spanish television series endings
- 2000s Spanish drama television series
- 2000s police procedural television series
- Cuatro (TV channel) original programming
- Spanish police procedural television series
- Spanish thriller television series
- Spanish mystery television series